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noun Mathematics.

a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction, and so on.

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Origin of continued fraction

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby continued fraction

continuator, continue, continued, continued education, continued fever, continued fraction, continued proportion, continuing resolution, continuity, continuity announcer, continuity equation

How to use continued fraction in a sentence

An efficient way to find its rational approximations is to use continued fractions, which alternate being slightly less and slightly more than the irrational value.
Can You Solve March Mathness?|Zach Wissner-Gross (riddlercolumn@gmail.com)|March 26, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
“Someone is determined to keep Bill Cosby off TV,” she continued.
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers|Stereo Williams|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The procession continued on to the Cypress Hill Cemetery, where Ramos was buried the week before.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

He beat his illness twice, wrote about his battles with the disease, and continued broadcasting even as his health was failing.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If Dudesmash were to be something we continued doing, this would be an important year to do it, ‘cause we didn’t do one last year.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
He began his military career at the age of 11, and continued in the service nearly 60 years.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Thus he continued to rush over the frozen sea during a considerable part of that night.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
No; there I stood, half-astonished, half-abashed while the Marquise continued on her knees and made her silent orisons.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
He joined the army at the outbreak of the revolution, and continued in it until it was disbanded.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for continued fraction

continued fraction

noun

a number plus a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction, and so on

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